Arriving in London on January 1st 1961, Hoppy worked as a news photographer for the Sunday Times, Melody Maker and Peace News. He captured shots of some of the greatest jazz legends including Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington. He also shot portraits of leading figures such as Malcolm X, Martin Luther King and Allen Ginsberg.

Hoppy co-founded the world famous International Times, an underground newspaper which featured Germaine Greer and William Burroughs as contributors. He also worked with Joe Boyd to create The UFO club, a Tottenham Court Road venue which opened with performances from Pink Floyd and later hosted bands like Procol Harum, Soft Machine and Jeff Beck.

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